Abstract: A rotisserie assembly for barbecue grills is disclosed in which the motor support bracket can be arranged to support the motor in a plurality of vertically adjusted positions and the rod support bracket includes a plurality of slots for receiving the rotisserie rod. The motor bracket includes an adapter plate that can be inverted for providing two adjusted positions and which can be omitted for providing a third position.

Abstract: A mechanically motorized portable skewer/flashlight assembly comprising a housing, flashlight structure carried by the housing which serves as a handle for the skewer, the assembly also comprising a motor driven telescopic rod and a food-receiving tip. The motor may also comprise an audio source of advertising and/or music.

Abstract: Cooking apparatus comprising a stake having a first end arranged to be driven into the ground in upright manner and a support for supporting items to be cooked or heated connected to said stake in such manner that said support is arranged to be swivelled about said stake. The support may be in the form of one or more of several embodiments. In each such embodiment, the support comprises a sleeve arranged to surround the stake and is rotatable with respect thereto. Further, the embodiments may be in the form of a barbecue tray, a hollow for a wok type receptacle, a rotisserie or an elongate member having a hook.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for cooking pieces of food. A two-pronged skewer supported on a raiser spaced from and in superposition with a cooking surface serves as a rack for a multitude of pins, each pin bearing pieces of food and held on the skewer by retainers. The arrangement facilitates large-scale grilling of food with minimum effort.

Abstract: This portable barbecue device utilizes an automatically operated rotating spit mechanism, commonly referred to as a rotisserie, which is powered by a conventional flashlight. The flashlight is modified to operate a small direct current motor to which the rotisserie is mounted.

Abstract: An infrared cooking oven is provided with a rotatable spit which is hollow and is connected to a boiler producing steam which is fed into the spit and through orifices of the latter into meat mounted on the spit. The internal steam cooking coupled with the combined infrared and steam cooking of the exterior, reduces substantially the cooking time while ensuring that the meat will not dry out.

Abstract: A rotisserie accessory is provided for use with a cooking appliance having an airflow grill. Locking apparatus prevents rotational operation of a spit portion when the rotisserie accessory is improperly positioned on the cooking appliance.

Abstract: A mobile barbeque cart is disclosed that features means to rotate the burner tubes and maintain the flame in a vertical plane when used on sloping terrain. The novel design also permits the use of any given number of spits which may readily by self-engagingly mounted for rotation. This latter feature is accomplished by means of sprocket wheels mounted at the free ends of the spits the lower teeth of which engage the upper side of an endless chain. The endless chain is horizontally and vertically supported by a chain support which maintains the chain in driving engagement with the lower teeth of the sprocket wheels.

Abstract: A poultry roasting assembly and a method of making same for suspending a bird horizontally over a pan of water by a spit rod inserted under the back bone. The assembly includes a first U-shaped member (14) having a pair of parallel arms (16) extending out from a base section (18). The parallel arms (16) extend in the same direction perpendicularly from opposite ends of the base section (18). A second U-shaped member (20) is included and has the same configuration as the first U-shaped member (14) but with shorter arms (16). A pivot pin (38) pivotally attaches the first U-shaped member (14) to the second U-shaped member (20) at a point (22) spaced from the distal ends (24) of each of the parallel arms (16) so that the distal ends (24) of the arms (16) form a V-shaped configuration (26) above the pivotal attachment (22) when the base sections (16) are pivoted apart, thereby forming a support structure for the spit rod.

Abstract: It is a portable and simple barbecue spit device, particularly, a barbecue spit for outdoor barbecue activities. The spit device mainly comprises two supporting rods to be driven into ground, a rotary spit mounted on the top ends of the two supporting rods; the rotary spit has a hand crank and a U-shaped member welded on the vertical position of the rotary spit so as to form a left and right hooks, two opposite forks mounted around the rotary spit. Before the barbecue spit structure being carried, two protective sleeves should be put on the front tips of the two forks respectively to form a carrying handle; simultaneously, the bottom end of the rotary spit and the front ends of two supporting rods are put in same length so as to have the two supporting rods mounted into the left and right hooks respectively; then, a sleeve is mounted over the front ends of the two supporting rods and the rotary spit bundled together for carrying convenience.

Abstract: An improved automatic skewered food roaster is disclosed. The roaster disclosed herein is of the type including right and left heat sources vertically disposed in an opposite relation with respect to each other, and an endless chain for transferring skewered food spacedly secured thereon in the clockwise direction and in which the roasting is done while the skewered food is transferred from upward to downward by the endless chain. The improvement comprises right and left infrared heaters disposed in the place of the right and left heat sources; and right and left heat reserving plates spacedly disposed in an opposite relation with respect to each other in order to permit the skewered food to pass through the space. An opening adapted to serve as an inlet for the skewered food is defined by the heat reserving plates at their upper ends.

Abstract: A cooking oven which comprises a pair of opposing end walls, a pair of opposing side walls, the side walls disposed inside of the end walls and defining, together with the end walls, a cooking chamber, a supporting frame adapted to support the end walls and the side walls an, opposing slider member mounted for movement on the supporting frame, the side walls being operatively mounted on the slider member, and a moving member the slider member containing the side walls mounted thereon towards or away from each other, whereby the size of the cooking chamber can be varied depending on the size of the food to be cooked.

Abstract: In a grill basket, two mutually adjustable wire basket halves are provided. These wire basket halves comprise two longitudinal rods, the ends of which are bent-over in a hook-like manner. The two longitudinal rods are connected by transverse wires which are spaced at intervals from one another. End plates are provided for the adjustable connection of the two wire basket halves, and parallel, spaced-apart rows of holes are formed in each plate. The wire basket halves are hookable into said plates by their bent-over ends on the longitudinal rods, in the same way as perforate hooks are hooked into perforate walls. The spindles are disposed on their respective plates so that the grill basket is rotatably mounted on the appropriate means of a grill.

Abstract: A roasting machine for roasting relatively large items of food, such as small pigs or the like, includes a pair of side frame members by means of which the roasting machine may be supported for transportation along the ground or rested on the ground. A pair of end supports are secured to the side frame members and have notches which carry handlebars, which handlebars in turn carry a suspended firebox between the side frame members. The spit includes a hollow drum which receives the legs of H-shaped wire skewers to support the food on the spit. A special clamp mechanism is provided for retaining the spit drum on the support rod.

Abstract: An apparatus for grilling meat and the like comprising an assembly for one or more sets of fan blades 11 to be driven by a motor 10 arranged outside the grilling space 2 and elements 13 heating the air so that a hot air flow can be maintained inside the grilling space around the meat supported on rotating spits 3, the temperature of said air flow being sufficient to cook said meat, heat radiators being provided in the grilling space for superficially scorching the supported meat.

Abstract: A free-standing combination rotisserie and shish kebab accessory is provided which includes a three-walled box having a pair of wire frame members such that the two end walls fold flat for storage when the side wall is removed. A motor driven spit can be adpated for use as either a rotisserie or a shish kebab dependent on the use of meat supporting holders or skewer supporting wire wheels.

Abstract: A counterbalance device for a rotary shaft comprises a sleeve member in the form of a short tubing or a handle which can be mounted on the rotary shaft. The sleeve member has an extension rear portion adapted to receive a bushing member to be mounted thereon. The bushing member is provided with at least two aligned openings. A rod can be inserted through these openings and be mounted on the bushing member by a set screw. At least one counterbalance weight can then be mounted on the rod to provide counterbalance for uneven weight distribution with respect to the longitudinal axis of the rotary shaft.

Abstract: A device for aiding in the preparation of fowl (10) on a rotisserie having a spit (11), the spit (11) extending longitudinally through the fowl (10) between the wings (12) and between the legs (13) thereof. A leg clip (15) fixedly positions the legs (13) of the fowl (10) relative to the spit (11). The wings (12) are held in place by a truss member (24) which is held by a pin (22) extending through the body of the fowl (10).

Abstract: A cooking appliance including both a resistive heating element and a high-frequency wave source such as a microwave generator in which a metal skewer is easily insertable through a front opening in a heating chamber and in which changes in dimensions in supporting members for the skewer are absorbed totally. A ceramic coupling member extends between a polygonally-shaped rotary shaft end and the metal skewer with a coupling hole in the coupling member being detachably insertable over the polygonally-shaped rotary shaft end. The skewer extends into a through-hole in the coupling member which has a shape similar to that of the skewer. A spring is provided to urge the coupling member outwardly into engagement with the rotary shaft end.

Abstract: An improved attachment for securing food firmly in place on a skewer or spit, as the food is rotated over the burning coals of a motorized barbecue unit. The skewer attachment comprises a pair of end plates adapted to be mounted along a typical skewer member, the end plates being positioned to press against the opposing ends of the food when the food is centrally located on the skewer. A plurality of elongated coiled spring members are arranged either singularly or intertwined to be spirally wrapped about the food and secured at each opposite free end thereof to the respective end plates.

Abstract: A combination cooker for popcorn, pizza, shish kebabs, and deep frying which includes a base having a heating element therein supporting a bowl-shaped body. Either a tray or shaft-carried basket is supported by the upper rim of the bowl-shaped body of the cooker over the heating element in the base.

Abstract: Apparatus designed to prepare shish kabobs over charcoal, outdoor gas type grills, as well as indoor ovens and the like. The apparatus comprises a rectangular frame designed to rest on the rim of a grill or to fit within a grill supported by the grillwork and a plurality of "U"-shaped skewers which are specifically shaped to securely fit upon the rectangular frame.

Abstract: A sheet metal cabinet supports a gas burner assembly below the forward portion of a shield, over which are a pair of removable primary cooking gridirons, having spaced, parallel, transversely extending U-shaped grids which cover the upper opening of the grill cabinet, the U-shaped grids having holes in their end portions so that the grease may drip onto a drip pan or grease tray which extends rearwardly of the burner assembly. A secondary gridiron or bake rack, is supported by a tubular upright rectangular hood assembly above the drip pan and over the rear portion of the primary gridirons. The hood has a front L-shaped access door hinged at the top of the hood by a transverse hinge. The burner assembly has tandem arranged burners with upwardly open, plenum boxes, the top portions of which are covered by a plurality of ceramic, juxtaposed, rectangular, foraminous, radiant burner elements.

Abstract: A cooking device including an open topped vessel having a prismatic form and a polygonal base which is mounted for rotation about a horizontal axis parallel to its length. Motor means for oscillating the vessel in a rocking motion about the axis and a heat source is fixedly mounted above the vessel.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an automatic baster for use with a barbecue rotisserie which can be characterized in that the basting apparatus includes at least one basting dispenser fastened to the meat to be cooked and rotating therewith so that the meat will be given a cyclic periodic quantum of basting material throughout the cooking cycle. The basting apparatus in one preferred form comprises a cylinder having means to mount the cylinder upon the meat and orifices whose dimensions are adjustable to regulate the basting dispensing rate (along with the viscosity of the basting substance) so as to provide accurate control of the quantity of basting material dispensed on the meat.

Abstract: A barbecue is fabricated from a cylindrical metal drum which is disposed with its axis horizontal. A dish made of transparent, heat-resistant glass is mounted in an aperture in the lid of the barbecue to provide a window. A plurality of vents are cut in the lower portion of the drum and fire brick is laid in the interior of the drum above the vents. The drum rests atop a scroll assembly which in turn rests atop a platform which is supported by vertically extending legs of a carriage. A plurality of turnbuckle assemblies connect the drum to the legs and may be tightened so that the drum, the scroll assembly, the platform, and the carriage are rigidly secured together. Air can flow through an interval between the drum and the scroll assembly, through the vents to burning coals supported on the fire brick.

Abstract: A food defrost and cooking apparatus includes a drum and a stand. The drum's position may be freely changed on the stand to shift the food in the drum during defrosting and cooking, but motion of the drum is limited by a camming arrangement between the stand and drum and a stop. The drum is also optionally vertically supportable on the stand for convenient loading.

Abstract: A barbequing device which can barbeque any kind of meat or vegetables automatically is disclosed.The barbequing device is substantially characterized by a combination of a skewer holding plate and a pair of skewer receiving grooves formed in the longitudinal side walls of a skewer mounting frame.Due to the cooperative operation of the above combination, a skewer which pierces meats and vegetables is held firmly by a skewer rotating shaft and is rotated firmly and stably, whereby such meats and vegetables are evenly barbequed.

Abstract: An individualized barbeque has a mounting plate with a groove around its periphery onto which a rotisserie-burner apparatus is removably mounted. The rotisserie-burner apparatus comprises a first and a second support between which a burner apparatus is attached. A skewer is supported between a notched member fixed to the first support above the burner apparatus and extends through an enclosed member fixed to the second support above the burner so that the skewer cannot tip under the weight of the skewer handle. The burner has a container portion for holding the fuel and outwardly bent flanges around a portion of the top edge of the burner which support a lid. The lid has a narrow elongated flame opening on a top portion and at least one vent opening in a side portion. The vent opening preferably has a vertical projection which falls outside the area defined by the bottom of the container.

Abstract: A mobile broiler rotisserie apparatus including a trailer frame having road engaging wheels thereon and a hitch for connection to a vehicle. The trailer frame has an open top chamber having sidewalls and a bottom wall mounted thereon with a pair of spaced support brackets being secured to opposed walls of the chamber adjacent the upper edges thereof. Rotatable food supporting devices are mounted on the support brackets in spaced relation from the bottom wall and vertically spaced above a controllable heat generator positioned in the spacing between the rotatable food supporting devices and the bottom wall for cooking foods supported on the rotatable food supporting devices. A hood is pivotally secured to one of the upper edges of the open top chamber and is movable between open and closed positions relative to the open top of the chamber.

Abstract: A roasting jack moved by radiation from a fire having a shaft mounted in a system of bearings permitting the shaft to rotate about its axis, a rotating unit in the extension of the shaft and in an extended position in relationship to the system of bearings to permit free rotation of the shaft, the rotating unit having a first portion supporting the roasting food piece and a second portion between the shaft and the first portion and able to curve under the effect of differential expansion resulting from the difference in temperature of the generatrix which receives direct radiation from the fire and that diametrically opposite.

Abstract: A portable barbecue unit with a gas fired, vertically disposed heat source for roasting spit mounted foodstuffs. The vertical heat source includes an upstanding panel of radiant material extending along a tubular gas burner detachably mounted within the cooking enclosure to the side of the rotisserie spit. A modification combines the upstanding radiant panel with a horizontally disposed bed of radiant material underlying the spit and heated by an auxiliary gas burner.

Abstract: A mobile broiler apparatus including a trailer frame having road engaging wheels thereon and a hitch for connection to a vehicle. The trailer frame has an open top chamber having sidewalls and a bottom wall mounted thereon with support brackets being secured to the inside walls of the chamber adjacent the upper edges thereof. Food supporting devices are mounted on the support brackets in spaced relation from the bottom wall and vertically spaced above a controllable heat generator positioned in the spacing between the food supporting devices and the bottom wall for cooking food supported on the food supporting device. A guide mechanism is provided on the sidewalls of the chamber which extend in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the trailer frame.

Abstract: A rotisserie device is provided for use in barbecuing various food items, such as cuts of meat or the like. The device includes an elongated skeletal frame assembly which is mounted so as to rotate about its longitudinal axis over burning coals, electric heating elements or the like. The frame assembly embodies a pair of axially spaced end members which have corresponding peripheral portions thereof interconnected by elongated spacer elements. The elements are symmetrically arranged about the rotary axis and each element is provided with a plurality of longitudinally spaced openings. Sets of skewers are provided with the leading or pointed ends of the skewers of a set being disposed within the openings of a spacer element. The opposite or trailing ends of the skewers of a set are disposed in close proximity to an adjacent spacer element and are supportingly engaged by an elongated retainer rod having opposite ends thereof removably supported by the end members.

Abstract: An improved culinary utensil adapted to connect to the rod portion of an ordinary barbecue skewer and thereby to accomplish not only the secure retention of the food desired to be cooked, but also the continuous positive flow of meat juices over said food surfaces.

Abstract: The improved food roasting and basting device of the present invention includes a fire box with spit spaced above it and a basting unit spaced above the spit. The non-clogging basting unit includes a hollow, preferably elongated and cylindrical container with spaced aperture extending therethrough and means, such as a motor, for rotation of the container around an axis generally parallel to the spit. The spit can also be rotated, if desired, and a separate motor can be used, or a belt and pulley assembly can be employed, to rotate both the spit and basting container at the same or different speeds. The apertures in the basting container can be arranged in a spiral pattern and can be partially or fully closed, and the container can be divided internally into separate compartments for dispensing separate basting materials.

Abstract: A charcoal broiler is disclosed which includes a housing having first and second sets of legs adapted to support the broiler between alternate horizontal and vertical orientations. The broiler includes a fuel-containing basket which is supported within the housing in spaced, parallel relationship with one sidewall in a manner such that the fuel is held away from the walls of the housing to facilitate air circulation for rapid burning. A hood is mounted on the housing for pivotal movement to and from an open top of the housing, with adjustable lock means being provided to selectively control the amount of opening between the hood and housing for controlling the air draft. Adjustable vents are provided in the housing for further control of the air draft. A grid-like tray is provided for supporting food above the basket when the housing is in its horizontal orientation, and a spit is provided for supporting food in the housing with the hood substantially closed when the housing is in its vertical orientation.

Abstract: A wire rack which fits in a pan within an oven supports poultry and meat during roasting so that grease and fat and particularly water within the body cavity of the dressed poultry runs into the pan. The rack consists of a first member having a round base and preferably eight wire members distributed around the base each in a vertical plane and curving inward and then straight up so that they define a cylinder. A ring prevents the eight members from spreading. A second member comprises a top ring and a plurality of depending wires each about half the length of the first-mentioned wire members and each lying in a vertical plane and extending inward and then straight down, the lower ends of pairs of wires being joined. The lower end of the second member fits into the top of the first member. An annular trough snaps over the top ring and is formed with small holes so that juices placed in the trough baste meat in the rack.

Abstract: An assemblage for intermittently angularly advancing a rotary grille having a motor-driven spit operatively associated therewith is provided. The assemblage includes an elongated tang supported from a spring clip for lengthwise adjustable positioning of the tang relative to the clip. The spring clip is of a configuration to releasably clampingly engage one end of the aforementioned motor-driven spit for rotation therewith and with the tang extending generally radially of the associated motor-driven spit. The assemblage is supported from the spit adjacent one end thereof over one peripheral portion of the grille and the longitudinal positioning of the tang relative to the clip is such to enable the free end of the tang to project downwardly through an opening of the grille defined between adjacent grille bars or members thereof and to engage one of the grille bars or members each time the free end of the tang swings through it lowermost arc segment as a result of rotation of the spit.

Abstract: A cooking spit has an insulating handle carrying a rod with electrically heated end parts disposed about a central part about which an open-ended tubular sleeve is removably fitted. The central sleeve supports a fowl for internal cooking by heat conduction through the central part and external cooking by air circulation, and simultaneously prevents grease and juice from dripping on the heated rod. The spit may be integral with a lateral cover of a cooking enclosure, or can be used in a dish with removable cover.

Abstract: A cooking and smoking apparatus for food products comprising two distinct chambers with common outer walls, and interior walls, spaced from the outer walls, containing a plurality of openings. The spaces between the walls form ducts or air passages which allow smoke and heat to rise from a lower combustion chamber and enter an upper cooking chamber through said openings in the interior walls. Adjustable dampers in the ducts control the amount of smoke and heat entering the cooking chamber, while additional dampers control the air entering the combustion chamber and combustion products being vented from the apparatus through a chimney. One or more access doors is provided in each of the combustion and cooking chambers. The cooking chamber is provided with a flush pan or the like at the bottom thereof connected to a drain pipe to permit flushing of the cooking chamber.

Abstract: A fully detachable counterbalance device for use in a rotisserie unit is shown herein. The device is fully adjustable to provide weight balance on both sides of the spit such that the spit can be rotated in a uniform motion. The device comprises a yoke member having a U-shaped cross section and comprising two substantially parallel spaced leg portions and a web portion. Two openings are formed in an aligned manner in the leg portions. The distance from each of the openings to the web portion is slightly larger than the width of the spit so that the yoke member is slidably and transversely engageable on the spit in a straddle manner. A weighted short rod member is slidably extensible through the openings after the yoke member is positioned on the spit so that the spit is slidably bound by the yoke member and a portion of the rod. The rod and the yoke member are mounted fixedly on the spit by operating a set screw provided at the web portion of the yoke member.

Abstract: A dual purpose cooking device is provided in which foods may be cooked simultaneously on a barbecue grill and a rotisserie bar. The cooking device is portable, versatile, and efficient. Cooking temperature and speed are varied by adjusting height of fuel tray and barbecue grill.

Abstract: A barbecue rotisserie skewer having at least two closely spaced tines rigidly supported at one end by handle structure and the other end by a support receptacle which not only supports the skewer for rotation but rigidly holds the free ends of the tines. The support receptacle easily slides off the tines for receipt and removal of the food being cooked.

Abstract: A smokeless barbecue unit for uniformly broiling of food in which the fire box is mounted in each of the three walls of the chamber surrounding the grilling section. The device may incorporate a rotating spit or alternately the food may be placed on a grill which is of an inverted V-shape construction.SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONMy invention relates to an improved smokeless barbecue device, and particularly one in which the fire box is mounted in the three walls of the chamber surrounding the cooking section and grill.